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Turner Elementary Middle School

Public Grades PK, KG-8
666th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 699 Louisiana Elementary Schools
Better than 5% of Louisiana elementary schools
Summary

Turner Elementary Middle School in Shreveport, LA, serves 1,437 students from Pre-K through 8th grade within the Caddo Parish school district, where over 80% of students come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The school faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 10% of elementary schools statewide over the past decade, with a current state rank of 659 out of 690 (4th percentile) for the 2025-2026 school year. This performance is notably lower than nearby schools like Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School (44th percentile) and Judson Fundamental Elementary School (42nd percentile), and is more comparable to other struggling schools such as Bethune/Oak Park Elementary (5th percentile) and Westwood Elementary (9th percentile).

A critical issue at Turner is its alarmingly high chronic absenteeism rate of 36.4% in the 2024-2025 school year, which far exceeds the state average of 22.5% and is significantly higher than nearby schools with similar demographics, such as Walnut Hill (22.3%), Forest Hill Elementary School (23.4%), and Summerfield Elementary School (23.2%). Only Queensborough Elementary School (35.7%) and Southern Hills Elementary School (36.2%) have comparable rates. This attendance crisis is likely a primary driver of low academic outcomes, as evidenced by the stark contrast with Walnut Hill, which has a lower poverty rate (67.9% vs. 82.3%) and better student-teacher ratio (15.1 vs. 17.5), but the most significant difference is its much lower absenteeism (22.3% vs. 36.4%).

Despite these challenges, Turner shows a remarkable bright spot: it ranks in the 67th percentile statewide for English Language Learner (ELL) students, earning a 3-star rating in the 2024-2025 school year, indicating effective programs for this subgroup. However, this success is not evenly distributed, as the school ranks in the 1st percentile for Special Education students, the lowest possible tier, highlighting a critical area of need. The school is on a clear downward trajectory, with its state percentile rank dropping from 20th in 2017-2018 to just 4th in 2025-2026, suggesting that current interventions are not working and a fundamental change in strategy is required to address the attendance crisis and replicate the success seen with ELL students for other subgroups.

1,437
Students ?
17.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,848
Per pupil spending ?
82.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 5904 West 70th Street
       Shreveport, LA  71129

(318) 688-4380

District: Caddo Parish


Students who attend Turner Elementary Middle School usually attend:

High:    Huntington High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
83.9%
Hispanic:
10.1%
White:
3.8%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2016 → 5th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Louisiana average (34% vs 62% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 22% Louisiana)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school34%
District avg50%
Louisiana avg62%
Elementary school
666th of 699
Louisiana public elementary schools ?
Bottom 5%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 5% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Louisiana Elementary Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
422nd of 464
Louisiana public middle schools ?
Bottom 9%▼ down 4 pts since 2019
From bottom 13% (2019) to bottom 9% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Louisiana Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
25th of 31Elementary Schools in the Caddo Parish
84th of 119Caddo Parish among Louisiana districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20268.7666 of 6994.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.9637 of 6664.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.1598 of 67511.4%★☆☆☆☆
202313.7666 of 7308.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.5662 of 7278.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.7637 of 72912.6%★☆☆☆☆
201922.6608 of 73116.8%★☆☆☆☆
201819.9585 of 72819.6%★☆☆☆☆
20178.7703 of 7394.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201614.5679 of 7428.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201517.2690 of 79212.9%★☆☆☆☆
201417.1691 of 77711.1%★☆☆☆☆
201329.8602 of 77222.0%★☆☆☆☆
201212.1714 of 7646.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201114.8696 of 7669.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201016.8655 of 73611.0%★☆☆☆☆
200921.9619 of 73816.1%★☆☆☆☆
200821.5624 of 74316.0%★☆☆☆☆
200724.0592 of 72518.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202614.8516 of 5567.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.3466 of 5017.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.8421 of 50917.3%★☆☆☆☆
202323.4481 of 57015.6%★☆☆☆☆
202222.7468 of 56216.7%★☆☆☆☆
202122.9470 of 56416.7%★☆☆☆☆
201931.7430 of 55923.1%★☆☆☆☆
201833.4413 of 54724.5%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201825.5232 of 28117.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202617.3117 of 1277.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202556.027 of 8267.1%★★★☆☆
202159.621 of 7572.0%★★★★☆
201938.164 of 9129.7%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202612.1651 of 6885.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.4616 of 6332.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.7544 of 63514.3%★☆☆☆☆
202317.1634 of 70510.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.5625 of 70110.8%★☆☆☆☆
202116.4616 of 70512.6%★☆☆☆☆
201921.2598 of 68412.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202618.0248 of 2739.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.2188 of 2079.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.4155 of 18918.0%★☆☆☆☆
202315.9216 of 2337.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202224.4186 of 22015.5%★☆☆☆☆
202134.6140 of 20230.7%★★☆☆☆
201928.9149 of 19021.6%★☆☆☆☆
201830.9133 of 16820.8%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202445.97 of 812.5%★★☆☆☆
202328.019 of 2317.4%★☆☆☆☆
202211.226 of 260.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201935.67 of 1241.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20269.9661 of 6934.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.8635 of 6613.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.2585 of 67413.2%★☆☆☆☆
202313.7662 of 7238.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.4657 of 7249.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.3634 of 71911.8%★☆☆☆☆
201927.5567 of 69718.7%★☆☆☆☆
201825.5580 of 68215.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20268.7665 of 6903.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.9590 of 6418.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.0584 of 65110.3%★☆☆☆☆
202316.1627 of 71312.1%★☆☆☆☆
202213.4643 of 7129.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.4622 of 70411.6%★☆☆☆☆
201916.1627 of 6969.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
20267.6399 of 4072.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.8236 of 2412.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.6185 of 20811.1%★☆☆☆☆
202319.9253 of 29614.5%★☆☆☆☆
202224.7254 of 30717.3%★☆☆☆☆
202118.9270 of 30611.8%★☆☆☆☆
201933.3231 of 33330.6%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201943.7335 of 51735.2%★★☆☆☆
20188.6503 of 5162.5%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202611.1422 of 4649.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.0368 of 44717.7%★☆☆☆☆
202433.9307 of 44931.6%★★☆☆☆
202322.3370 of 46520.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.9361 of 46021.5%★☆☆☆☆
202113.6398 of 45913.3%★☆☆☆☆
201914.4392 of 44912.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202619.8307 of 36215.2%★☆☆☆☆
202536.0230 of 34433.1%★★☆☆☆
202453.4146 of 33356.2%★★★☆☆
202337.4225 of 36037.5%★★☆☆☆
202233.2237 of 36034.2%★★☆☆☆
202122.7285 of 35219.0%★☆☆☆☆
201923.2274 of 33818.9%★☆☆☆☆
201831.5228 of 31327.2%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202618.371 of 766.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202185.57 of 5587.3%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202614.3403 of 45010.4%★☆☆☆☆
202523.5336 of 41519.0%★☆☆☆☆
202439.0272 of 41534.5%★★☆☆☆
202323.9355 of 44420.0%★☆☆☆☆
202223.8349 of 44120.9%★☆☆☆☆
202116.9375 of 44115.0%★☆☆☆☆
201916.6371 of 41811.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202620.1165 of 18611.3%★☆☆☆☆
202534.9113 of 15527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202435.0103 of 15232.2%★★☆☆☆
202324.1132 of 16319.0%★☆☆☆☆
202233.8114 of 16330.1%★★☆☆☆
202122.5126 of 15317.6%★☆☆☆☆
201935.991 of 12828.9%★★☆☆☆
201835.488 of 11825.4%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202625.724 of 2917.2%★☆☆☆☆
202525.415 of 1816.7%★☆☆☆☆
202452.38 of 2263.6%★★★★☆
202329.815 of 2025.0%★☆☆☆☆
202110.520 of 214.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201934.214 of 2236.4%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202613.5421 of 4588.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202523.0356 of 43718.5%★☆☆☆☆
202438.9274 of 44438.3%★★☆☆☆
202327.0344 of 45925.1%★☆☆☆☆
202223.2366 of 45820.1%★☆☆☆☆
202112.4404 of 45511.2%★☆☆☆☆
201917.4373 of 43013.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.3330 of 40318.1%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202611.0410 of 4468.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202522.2332 of 41419.8%★☆☆☆☆
202430.6303 of 42628.9%★☆☆☆☆
202326.1329 of 44325.7%★☆☆☆☆
202218.6364 of 44217.6%★☆☆☆☆
202113.1395 of 44210.6%★☆☆☆☆
201914.1372 of 41811.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
202618.3225 of 25612.1%★☆☆☆☆
202528.5128 of 16823.8%★☆☆☆☆
202324.6161 of 20621.8%★☆☆☆☆
202224.6159 of 20622.8%★☆☆☆☆
202120.5178 of 21015.2%★☆☆☆☆
201919.1178 of 20211.9%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankLouisiana percentileRating
201943.7214 of 35038.9%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
White (2019)35th percentile+18 vs school
Disabled (2018)17th percentile~ school
Homeless (2024)12th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)9th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2026)8th percentile+3 vs school
African American (2026)7th percentile~ school
Female (2026)5th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)5th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)2nd percentile-3 vs school
Middle school
White (2019)39th percentile+26 vs school
Homeless (2026)17th percentile+8 vs school
African American (2026)15th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2026)12th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)11th percentile~ school
Female (2026)10th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school
Male (2026)8th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)7th percentile~ school
By subject vs Louisiana (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts48%-22 vs state
Mathematics35%-27 vs state
Science28%-31 vs state
Social Studies23%-32 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Open Quote Very bad teaching. Office staff very rude to me. No guidance counseling at all. School should be shut down!!! Close Quote


by a parent
Friday, January 27, 2017

Open Quote The staff at Turner Elementary does not take complaints about bullying serious and will blame those that are bullied. The quality of education is definitely not what I expect out of any school anywhere in the United States. The faculty of this school think they are better than anyone else. This school needs an entire restructuring of it's faculty to increase the quality of education and the school rating. Close Quote




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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,437 students attended Turner Elementary Middle School.

Students at Turner Elementary Middle School are 84% African American, 10% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Turner Elementary Middle School usually go on to attend:

High : Huntington High School

Turner Elementary Middle School ranks in the bottom 4.7% of Louisiana elementary schools.

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